José Palazón

Jose Palazon is the Co-founder of Sagittal AI, an early Gen-AI startup on a mission to ensure that this time technology adapts to humans, and not the other way round. A veteran technology leader with over 25 years of experience, including more than 10 years in C-suite positions across multiple industries. As the former CTO at Telefonica, he led a 400+ engineering team, driving digital transformation across one of Europe's largest telecommunications companies. His cybersecurity expertise has led him to present at the world's most prestigious security conferences including DEF CON, BlackHat, and Shmoocon. Jose's hands-on leadership style has seen him build products at massive scale, from mobile software development to search architecture. As an accomplished published author of a textbook on secure programming, he brings a rigorous engineering mindset to AI implementation. His technical depth spans cybersecurity, machine learning, big data, and enterprise architecture, with a particular focus on how these technologies can be integrated into existing workflows rather than disrupting them.